Protesters hurled abuse at drivers and jostled with police as live animal exports resumed at a Kent port this morning. Seven trucks carrying sheep en route to the Continent passed through Ramsgate after a group of Dutch exporters won a court order overturning a ban on shipments.

About 100 animal rights campaigners gathered at the gates, at one point surrounding one of the lorry cabs as it tried to leave.

We're now getting confirmation that six lorries containing sheep and lambs have arrived in Ramsgate for export, as the first delivery of live animals to the continent since the ban was overturned in the High Court, progresses.